Kevin McHale might coach for the other franchise to have produced a 22-game winning streak and played for the team that will face the Miami Heat when it goes for win No. 23, but McHale said he would be pulling for the Heat to keep that run going.

“It will be interesting to see what happens with the streak,” McHale said. “It captures your attention. I was watching today. I don’t usually flip through to watch Toronto games, but I did flip through on my league package and watched a little bit of it.

“I’d like to see the streak go a little bit. I’d kind of like to see it keep going because it’s cool. Everyone starts watching the NBA a little bit more. I think it’s good for the league. They were polarizing when they did that crazy ‘I’m going to take my talents to South Beach” and all that crap. You either liked them or didn’t like them. Right now, the same thing. They’re probably getting more people on their bandwagon now.”

The Celtics won 18-consecutive games in the 1981-82 season, McHale’s second NBA season.

“The concentration level is amazing to get that done,” McHale said. “You do get bored. You get complacent. Guys take it for granted you’re going to win and then you lose one or two.”

Harden finds foul line less in loss

Rockets guard James Harden took 25 free throws in the previous two meetings with the Warriors, roughly two attempts more than his league-leading average of 10.2 free throw attempts per season.

Harden has said that he does not try to draw fouls because that makes it more difficult to finish the drive for a three-point play, but he did say in the previous meeting with the Warriors he was trying to get to the line.

“He’s a heck of a basketball player, great ability to score, great ability to create contact and a great ability to sell it, too,” Golden State coach Mark Jackson said. “He deserves to get to the line with all due respect with the pressure he puts on, how good he is in pick-and-roll and isolations. There are times when he doesn’t. That’s a fact. That’s all right. It doesn’t take anything away from how much of a bad boy he is.”

Harden went 6 of 6 from the line on Sunday, but did not take a free throw in the second half. He was not available to the media after the game.